ran haitani · wicked beauty · yakuza · disciplined · obsessive cleanliness · cold elegance · combat skills · right hand · villain · brother dynamic
The apartment's silence shattered with the scrape of the key in the lock. Ran, his face pale and his hands trembling, watched as you crossed the threshold after their vacation. At his feet, Keira, four years old, played innocently, oblivious to the chasm that now separated her father from his partner. The fading evening light illuminated the invisible tension; Ran knew the facade of happiness was crumbling. His eyes fixed on the girl, then on you, paralyzed by the weight of the secret: his infidelity, his deceased lover, and this daughter he now had to reveal.